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Old 05-02-08, 09:34 PM   #6 (Link)
 
Wayne A. Pflughaupt
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Re: What Receiver Mode Do You Watch DVDs with Mono Soundtracks In?


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Now, when the receiver sees a "2.0 MONO" track, it engages the PRO LOGIC II MOVIE mode as the default listening mode (as I set it) and it drops the entire track into the center channel
Mine engages DPL, too, so that must be the default for 2.0 mono movies.

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I know a lot of people would argue that ANYTHING "2.0" should definitely be played out of at least two channels -- the main fronts -- but this sounds so weird to my ears. The mono track split between two front speakers has a weird "comb filtering" effect where I simply can't make out where the dialogue is coming from, so I avoid it and let the Pro Logic II Movie drop it all into the center channel...would you say this is preferred?
Yup. I don’t know anyone would prefer the mono sound going to the two front speakers for a video program or movie – you must run with a different crowd than I do.

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Does all this matter for mono anyway? Should everything just come from the center? Is that the INTENTION of mono?
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So, should I just be leaving the 2.0 mono tracks dropped into the center channel?
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At any rate, you watch all your older discs that have mono tracks just from the center?
Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes.

Onkyo’s pretty popular around here; don’t know why someone else isn’t chiming in...

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Wayne


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